VIDEO/PHOTOS: Idalia isn't finished with the Southeastern coastal states yet. Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane over Keaton Beach, located along Florida's Gulf Coast near Tallahassee. After rapidly intensifying on its path through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and briefly registering as a Category 4 storm, the hurricane hit Florida's Big Bend area with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

VIDEO: Some University of Maryland students were in the spotlight Wednesday after winning more than $150,000 in a national drone competition. What the team from the university's Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Team has achieved is especially important to first responders, who turned out in big numbers Wednesday to take a look at the specialized drone students at the University’s Clark School of Engineering created.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington, D.C.

VIDEO: From the first bucket brigades of New Amsterdam in the 1620s to state-of-the-art firefighting now, the Fire Museum of New York City tells the story of fire protection, fire prevention, and firefighting in New York, over the years. The telling of a vital chapter of that story just got more in-depth with the museum’s acquisition of new materials related to 9/11.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City

South Area Fire and Emergency Rescue was awarded a $2,000 grant from the Wisconsin Public Service Foundation on Wednesday to purchase new gas detectors. Deputy Fire Chief Eric Lang calls the devices essential equipment for his crews. “Carbon monoxide kills people every year. We have to know what those levels are.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 3:52:01 PM - SOURCE: WOZZ-FM 94.7 Mosinee

VIDEO: The Madison Fire Department is investigating the cause of an apartment fire early Wednesday morning. MFD says crews reported to a structure fire on the 2400 block of Brentwood Parkway just after 1 a.m. When they arrived, they confirmed that flames could be seen on the roof. According to MFD, the responding crews fought the fire outside first and then inside.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 1:55:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Milton and Edgerton’s newly combined Lakeside Fire Department is finding common ground for a new, central fire station. It would be built in a fast-growing community that’s wedged right between Milton and Edgerton: Newville. On Tuesday, officials from Milton, Edgerton and nine towns in northern Rock County got a first look at a hired consultant’s new designs for not one—but three new fire stations that Lakeside Fire-Rescue seeks to build over the next three years.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 1:29:37 AM - SOURCE: WCLO-AM 1230 Janesville

VIDEO: The Lincoln County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is getting updated equipment. That’s thanks to a $421,000 donation from the Bierman Family Foundation to upgrade aging ambulance equipment. The Merrill Fire Department is contracted to provide services two thirds of the county while Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital provides for the remainder.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:22:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

A fire broke out in a two-story building in downtown Los Angeles' Fashion District, sending flames and clouds of black smoke into the air Wednesday morning. The fire was reported just before 6 a.m. in the 1100 block of South Los Angeles Street. A large plume of smoke could be seen across the downtown LA area.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

VIDEO: One of the biggest challenges of putting out an electric vehicle (EV) fire is trying to get inside the battery to flood the battery. "They're very difficult to put out," said Avondale Fire Department Battalion Chief Garry Siler. Now, there is a new device that punctures holes in an EV's battery, and floods it with water.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

VIDEO: A long-time firefighter in Lancaster County has created an epic book highlighting firefighters of New York City. Glenn Usdin hopes the photographs and stories are inspirational to first responders and anyone who might need their help. "This is a very unique profession in American society, that when everybody else is running out of burning buildings, firefighters — whether they be professional or volunteer — firefighters are running into the building," Usdin explains about the men and women featured in the pages.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGAL-TV NBC 8 Lancaster

VIDEO: Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm in Keaton Beach, located along Florida's Gulf Coast near Tallahassee. After rapidly intensifying on its path through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and briefly registering as a Category 4 storm, the hurricane hit Florida's Big Bend area with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

PHOTOS: One of the 12 buildings at the Trinity Freistadt Historical Site in Mequon burned down early Monday morning. Shortly after 1 a.m., 10 fire departments responded to a report of a fire at the roughly 150year-old Mueller Shed located along North Church Place. No other buildings on the site were damaged.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 1:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee News And Event

The Beaver Dam Fire Department recently hosted a number of area agencies for a confined space rescue training. Fire Chief Michael Wesle explains its importance. “A confined space rescue is an event that doesn’t happen a lot but its very risky…normally when there’s an incident in a confined space there’s a reason for it…from time to time you might have a medical emergency or accident…but often times it’s because the atmosphere that the individual is in has something wrong with it,” says Wesle.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 7:10:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

PHOTOS: Fire crews are battling a large blaze in Newport that broke out late Monday. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, the fire at Scott Recycling was still active and the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office said the building is a total loss. The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency called the incident response “a sight to see” in a Tuesday morning update and commended the leadership among the agencies that responded to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville

Dearborn and Ann Arbor have agreed to rent each other’s ambulances and other emergency vehicles on an as-needed or emergency basis. Both cities agreed to the deal in August. “This would occur if Rescue 1-1 is out of service for an extended period of time or if we wanted to add a second transport unit during peak demand times such as night, home football games,” The Ann Arbor Fire Department posted on Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press & Guide - Metered Site

Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari on Monday signed A-5275/S-3671, providing municipal governing bodies more flexibility in appointing chaplains to their fire departments. Under current law, the governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of one or more ordained members of the clergy as chaplains to the paid or part-paid fire department and force of the municipality, with the rank of battalion chief and their salaries fixed by the governing body.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: State of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

PHOTOS: Nearly a dozen departments responded to a fire at a two-story home in New Berlin on Monday, Aug. 28. Just before 6:15 a.m., the New Berlin Fire Department was called to the home on Highland Drive -- located off Racine Avenue just north of I-43. Officials say two adults, two children and two dogs safely escaped the burning home and were able to call 911.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 6:41:48 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A late Sunday afternoon duplex fire in Appleton caused an estimated $15,000 in damages. According to the Appleton Fire Department, on August 27 around 4:40 p.m., crews were sent to a reported fire in the 600 block of North Morrison Street. The initial call reportedly said there was smoke coming from the roof vents.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Early Saturday morning, a fire broke out in a non-combustible warehouse. The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a report of a fire alarm sounding at 04:45AM Saturday. The fire crew immediately requested for a full structure fire response after finding a live fire on the loading dock area of the warehouse.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire

A Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach Monday morning, killing two people and injuring four others, authorities confirmed. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, one person onboard the helicopter was killed, along with another person on the ground.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami